clear to president trump that he, president zelensky, was not standing in the way of investigations. investigations of what? by mid-july, it became clear to taylor the meeting, quote, was conditioned on the investigations of burisma, the company where joe bidenen s son sat on the board of directors and alleged ukrainian interference in the 2016 u.s. elections. a push, quote, guided by mr. giuliani. to hear what was taking place, this separate group that was going on talking about u.s. policy where 2020 elections, political elections interests was taking place led by mr. giuliani, it was absolutely stunning. reporter: but the oval office meeting was not the only thing being withheld. taylor testified, quote, on july 18th, i heard a staff person from the office of management and budget say there was a hold on security assistance to ukraine, a quote, directive had come from the president to the chief of staff to omb.
jeremy diamond is live at the white house. tell us what else the president had to say on the south lawn, jeremy. well, brianna, as you know, the president continues to deny the quid pro quo of withholding security aid to ukraine because the president wanted ukraine to announce these veflinvestigatio into the company on which joe biden s son sat on the board of and into the 2016 election. that is the quid pro quo that was decided by the house in the testimony of bill taylor. i asked the president if he was accusing bill taylor of lying. here is how the president responded. the problem is here s the problem. he s a never trumper, and his lawyers are never trumper and the other problem is hey, everybody makes mistakes. mike pompeo, everybody makes mistakes. reporter: so very telling there, brianna, that the
removal. this 2018 video shows the men with rudy giuliani who helped to connect them with a prosecutor who investigated a natural gas firm where joe biden s son sat on the board. the house intelligence committee s senior republican is part sap and biassed against the president. this is not somebody not just supporting the clintons when clinton was running telling the ukrainians that clinton was going to win, prognosticating about it. but also once trump won was bad mouthing the trump administration. a house democrat left the session early to speak to reporters. she, herself has been deeply involved and has been the object of false statements and she s clearing that up. so, so far, i think both sides are finding her very credible. when congress returns next week, the three committees have called a senior white house advisor on russia and europe. hill has not returned fox s
career diplomat replied. she denied disparaging the trump administration, saying she was unfairly pushed out, i was nevertheless incredulous the u.s. government chose to remove an ambassador based as best as i can tell on unfounded and false claims by people with clearly questionable motives. this week, prosecutors allege that yovanovitch was targeted for removal by lev parnas and igor fruman, investigated the natural gas firm were joe biden s son sat on the board for the house intelligence community says yovanovitch is a partisan and devised against the president. that somebody has a part of the clintons telling the ukrainians that clinton was going to win but also once trump won was badmouthing the trump
all of them, all the corrupt ones. ukrainian president vlodymyr zelensky thought he would fight against all corruption and his government is getting help. project coordinator for together against corruption, a nongovernmental organization based in kiev. she, like many of her colleagues, continue to watch the drama unfold in the united states between president trump, president president zelensky, and hunter biden. sat on the board of an energy company called burisma when his father was name recognition does. they invite foreign managers to different bodies. we designed a decided to invite foreigners to make it open to us and more legible.